Executions in Spain from 1812 - 1975

With special thanks to my friend Christian Schrepper for his many hours of work researching Spanish executions and making this data available.

Garrotting became the normal method of execution in Spain from 1812/13, however, hanging continued to be used for a few years.  Shooting was also used up to abolition in 1975. These are denoted by hanged or shot below

At least 736 people, including 21 women, were executed between 1800 and 1899.  In the 18th century, it is thought that at least 289 men and seven women were put to death. It is not clear how complete earlier records are and even modern ones are somewhat patchy.

At least 96 people, including five women, were garrotted between 1900 and 1935.

At least 126 people were garrotted in the post Civil War period, including three women.  Executions also took place by shooting during this period and Spain’s last executions were by firing squad.  Shooting was more commonly handed down by military tribunals, however, it is unclear why people were shot for civilian murders.  Most 20th century executions were for murder or terrorist related crimes, although banditry remained a capital crime, certainly into the 1950’s.

Name	Date	Place	Crime
Miguel Coronado Antonio Ruiz Juan Sánchez Delgado Isidro Esteban Pablo Marchán Eusebio Navarro Manuel González Miguel de los Santos Avila Antonio Sánchez Luciano Manguillo Victoriano Oliva Antonio Román Julián Sánchez Tomás Sánchez Eusebio García León o Juliàn Plaza Francisco Figueroa Carlos Rivera León Velilla José Fraga Juan Rebollo Antonio García Ramón Fabro Fernando Zabal Benito Canto Jerónimo Gómez Esteban García Gregorio Rodríguez (a) "Cenacatres" Ignacio González (a) "Cigarro" Mateo González Vicente Anguita José Martín Ruiz Carlos González Eustaquio Guadalupe Hilario Varea Manuel Sánchez Francisco Navarro Sandoval plus 3 unnamed people	1812	Madrid
Francisco Moreno José Fernández plus 8 unnamed people	1813	Madrid
Antonio Martínez Farelo (24)	12 January 1814	Madrid	Murder
José o Mateo Sánchez Baquerizo (45)	3 February 1814	Madrid	Murder
Antonio Rodríguez Maraver (24)	19 July 1814	Madrid	Robbery
Juan Crisóstomo de San Vítores	4 August 1815	Madrid	Murder
Francisco de la Haza	16 October 1815	Madrid	Banditry
? Marquitos	20 October 1815	Madrid	Banditry
8 unnamed people	1815	Madrid
Francisco Iglesias Lino Orgaz Francisco Torrejón	3 January 1816	Madrid	Robbery and rape
Vicente Ramón Richart y Pérez	6 May 1816	Madrid
Francisco Domingo Lucas	3 April 1816	Madrid
Alfonso Domínguez José Escribano	22 April 1816	Madrid
Joaquín Dombon o Dongon Pedro Dombon o Gongon Mariano Cajigal	17 July 1816	Madrid
8 unnamed people	1816	Madrid
Juan Ramón Luis Fernández de Cires Juan Sánchez	4 June 1817	Madrid
Basilio Sánchez Pascual García Tapetado	20 June 1817	Madrid
Manuel Millán Antonio Sánchez	22 November 1817	Madrid
4 unnamed people	1817	Madrid
Ramón Guijarro	2 November 1818	Madrid
3 unnamed people	1818	Madrid
José Muñoz "el Bolero" José Moreno "el Chulo" Manuel Royo + 6 unnamed people	1819	Madrid
Melchor González	5 February 1820	Madrid	Murder and robbery (hanged)
José Rodrigo (32)	19 August 1820	Madrid	Murder
2 other persons	1820	Madrid
Juan Pérez	22 February 1821	Madrid
Francisco González "Capitán" Juan Bautista Biol	16 March 1821	Madrid
Pascual Medina Martínez	3 June 1821	Madrid
Esteban Saciago Juan Francisco Nieves Santos Fuentes	18 July 1821	Madrid
Alfonso Martínez	13 October 1821	Madrid
Esteban López "Caín"	25 June 1822	Madrid
Francisco Martínez "Cartujo"	4 July 1822	Madrid
Salvador Gabarra Agustín Ruiz Pérez	9 August 1822	Madrid	Murder of Landáburu
Teófilo Goiffin	17 August 1822	Madrid	Murder of Landáburu
Valeriano Ochoa	September? 1822	Madrid	Banditry
Joaquín Mariano Zárate	7 October 1822	Madrid
Manuel Amador "el Moro"	23 November 1822	Madrid
Manuel Castillo	5 December 1822	Madrid	Murder
Rafael de Riego	7 November 1823	Madrid	Treason ?
Many unnamed people	1823	Madrid
Mariano Jiménez	17 August 1824	Madrid
Juana Rivero (f)	3 November 1824	Madrid	Robbery
Francisco Ramos Llamos José Suárez Ramona Crucelegui Navarrete (f) Javier o Francisco Arias Félix María Ballarna Pascual Sánchez Ramón Casanova Manuel Estévez Tomás Franco + 28 unnamed people	1824	Madrid	Treason Robbery Robbery Robbery Robbery Robbery Murder Robbery
Felipe Calderón	11 January 1825	Madrid	Blasphemy
Angel Giménez "Cachupeno" Pedro Martínez "Calamón" Ventura Rodríguez "Pindongo" Francisco Martínez "Medio pie" Tomás Ruiz "Jurado"	12 January 1825	Madrid	Armed robbery
Vicente Oroz	12 February 1825	Madrid	Treason
Francisco Sanz "Cantina" Juan Federico Menague José González "Miguel Ruiz" Manuel Hinojosa Justo Rufino Torres Ginés Sánchez José Toledo Dionisio Muñoz Juan Caballero de Gracia Manuel Quesada Pedro Vilgos Tomás Díaz	26 March 1825	Madrid	Robbery Attempted poisoning Robbery
Francisco Trapero "Camisones"	5 September 1825	Madrid	Murder
14 unnamed people	1825	Madrid
Blas Díaz "Bolín"	8 May 1826	Madrid	Robbery
Andrés López	3 June 1826	Madrid	Robbery
Antonio Erao	11 August 1826	Madrid	Murder
Antonio Juan	23 August 1826	Madrid	Robbery
Antonio López Alia Dolores García (f)	23 August 1826	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Manuel de Avila	11 September 1826	Madrid	Murder
Vicente Muñoz Cayetano Terol	20 September 1826	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Cayetano Hernando Manuel o Tomás de la Cruz Jacinto García	30 September 1826	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Ramón Antonio Barrutia	30 September 1826	Madrid	Murder of his wife
Dionisio Rodríguez	6 October 1826	Madrid	Murder
Francisco Valentín Magdaleno Bernardo Torresano	18 January 1827	Madrid	Robbery
Juan Velasco	9 May 1827	Madrid	Robbery in a church
José González o Félix Rodríguez	14 May 1827	Madrid	Robbery
Hilario Urbina	18 May 1827	Madrid	Robbery
Pascual Quílez Cesáreo Alcalde Nemesio o Antonio de la Cruz	19 May 1827	Madrid	Robbery (H + G)
Gregorio Repulles	30 July 1827	Madrid	Murder
Ignacio Díaz	31 October 1827	Madrid	Burglary
14 unnamed people,	1828	Madrid	8 for robbery, 6 for murder
Severiano Chivarrón Agustín Pérez Félix Pantoja Antonio Talavera Pedro Regalado Carrión José Cayuela Fernando Tomás Cristóbal Vidal	15 June 1829	Madrid	Murder and robbery
6 unnamed people	1829	Madrid	Murder and robbery
José López (20) Manuel Canoura Francisco Peón Ramón González	1830	Madrid	Robbery in Moreno
Vicente Muñoz	1830	Madrid	Murder of his wife
Juan Izabal	24 January 1831	Madrid	Robbery
Juan Pedro Rallan	14 March 1831	Madrid	Murder of his wife
Juan de la Torre	30 March 1831	Madrid	Treason
Antonio Miyar	11 April 1831	Madrid	Treason
Bernardo de la Rubia	25 April 1831	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Mariana Pineda (27) (f)	26 May 1831	Granada	Treason
Apolinar del Nuevo	2 July 1831	Toledo	Assault
Tomás de la Chica	29 July 1831	Madrid	Treason
Several unnamed people	3 August 1831	Madrid	Robbery
Pablo Guimiel Ramón Rodríguez José María Arias	11 August 1831	Madrid	Robbery
Juan Fernández	22 September 1831	Madrid	Robbery
José Rodríguez López	6 December 1831	Madrid	Robbery
Francisco Herráiz Frutos Campaña Tobalina Manuel de la Cruz Vez González Gabriel Estrada Carlos Aguilar Ceferino Izquierdo Pedro Asenjo Isidoro Díaz Luis Rodríguez	1832	Madrid	Robbery
Antonio Lafuente	6 February 1833	Madrid	Murder
Pedro Juan Ginés José Amat	22 February 1833	Madrid	Robbery
Pedro García Gómez "el Rana" Timoteo Moya Pedro Pérez	31 July 1833	Madrid	Murder and robbery
José Vallej Matías Villela Domingo Cao Alfeirán Juan Pérez	2 August 1833	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Hilario Gallego Miguel Díaz	3 August 1833	Madrid	Robbery
José Pereiro	29 August 1833	Madrid	Double murder
Pedro Celestino Rabadán Lucas Ochando	31 August 1833	Madrid	Robbery
Francisco Cascales Juan Pallares	11 September 1833	Madrid
Diego García "Catalín" Julián Solo	24 September 1833	Madrid
Manuel Fernández Pedro del Valle Juan de Friera Vicente Caballero	7 December 1833	Madrid
Julián García "el Maturrango"	9 January 1834	Madrid	Robbery
Juan López Solórzano "el Pajarero"	11 February 1834	Madrid	Treason
Francismo Camaño	11 March 1834	Madrid	Murder
Manuel Tapia "Marroro" Julián Ramos "Coche"	8 April 1834	Madrid
Martín Fornes	19 August 1834	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Rufino García Julián Sánchez Vicente Sánchez	19 October 1834	Madrid
Manuel Sáez de Velasco	20 November 1834	Madrid	Treason
Pedro Pablo Rodríguez Gregorio Romero Andrés Oliva	21 November 1834	Madrid	Treason (shot)
Joaquín Aro	5 December 1834	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Antonio Novillo "Matalla" Nicolás Alcalde Pascual Puente Francisco Cano Casimiro Mingo Antonio de Bande Angel Risco de Neira	1835	Madrid
Ignacio Argumañes Cándido Domínguez Alejandro Domínguez Francisco Aznar Juan Pérez "el Zurdo" Ignacio de las Heras "Mariquilla" Felipe Barajas Bernardo Barrero Domingo Cano Dionisio Alonso Antonio Puebla Martín Iglesias Tomás Guerrero	1836	Madrid
Pedro Hilario Meco José Quesada Bruno Reguera Cándido Villagroy	Early 1837	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Francisco Fernández Méndez	29 May 1837	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Manuel Gómez Manuel Valero Gastanvide José María Manzanares José Jesús Mota	Late June 1837	Madrid	Robbery
Blas Vallejo Joaquín Aroca	20 July 1837	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Juan Martín Majaliza Miguel Cano	21 July 1837	Madrid	Treason
Zacarías Gutiérrez Manuel Lucas Blanco	6 November 1837	Madrid	Murder
Juan Alvarez García Cayetano Sieteiglesias María de la Trinidad "la Tía Colilla" (f)	25 May 1838	Madrid	Murder and subversion
Francisco Carnero Francisco Martín Camacho "Tajadillas" José María de Fuenmayor Juan Alvarez Méndez	Summer 1838	Madrid	Murder Murder and robbery Treason Treason
Beltrán Labrador José Pérez	27 October 1838	Madrid
Juan Martínez	15 December 1838	Madrid	Murder
Luis Candelas Santos Viana Matías García Victoriano Arroyo Julián Crespo "Marina" Manuel Jesús Ortiz Francisco González y Novales	1839	Madrid
Sergio Mayor	21 February 1840	Madrid	Murder
Gumersindo García	19 December 1840	Madrid	Murder
Victoriano Ayala Víctor Soria	1841	Madrid
Francisco Ruiz José Carrizo Félix Romero	1842	Madrid	Murder and robbery (shot)
Serapio Bueno	8 August 1842	Madrid	Murder
Vicente Rodríguez "le Cano"	7 September 1842	Madrid	Murder and robbery
José Martín "Cerones"	9 February 1843	Madrid	Murder
Tomás Cruces Fernando Lefter	1843	Madrid	Murder (shot) Treason (shot)
José María López Brea	26 January 1844	Madrid	Parricide
Manuel García	17 February 1844	Madrid	Murder of his wife
Saturnino Martínez	14 August 1844	Madrid	Murder
6 persons	1845	Madrid
2 persons, including Manuel Gil	1845	Madrid	Shot
Ramón Crevillent	23 March 1846	Madrid	Murder
Gregorio Gómez Rodríguez	23 November 1848	Madrid	Murder
14 men	1848	Madrid	(Shot)
Tomás Díaz León	1849	Madrid	Murder
Clara Marina (f) Antonio Marina	31 October 1849	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Martín Merino y Gomez	7 February 1852	Madrid	Attempted regicide
Juan Todon y Donó (24)	1854	Madrid	Murder
José Barceló	6 June 1855	Barcelona	Robbery
Juan Poyo Matías Valldeperes José Durán Francisco Arquer Antonio Agulló Jaime Torres Antonio Geis	23 April 1855	Barcelona	Robbery
Esteban Pariente Duro (32)	1855	Madrid	Murder
José Buendía Venegas	25 April 1856	Madrid	Murder
Cándido Hernando Sardal (21)	19 May 1856	Madrid	Murder
Miguel Fuentebuena y Gudé (31)	11 June 1859	Madrid	Murder
Manuela Dolores Bernaola Díaz (25) (f) Ignacio Cabezudo y Sarriá (36)	17 June 1859	Madrid	Murder
Francisco Villaró	1860	Madrid	Murder
Unnamed man	25 February 1862	Barcelona	Murder
José Subirats y Gener	1 March 1862	Calatayud / Zaragoza	Murder
Andrés Agudo y Serra (32) María Juliana Sánchez (34) (f)	28 February 1862	Torrente / Valencia	Murder of husband
Luis Manresa y Berna	17 March 1862	Dolores / Valencia	Murder of his wife
Manuel Cárdenas	24 March 1862	Sevilla	Murder
Collado	1 April 1862	Madrid	Murder
Jacinto Serrano Pascual "el Corbonerín" José Martínez Cánovas "Martineja"	12 April 1862	Madrid	Murder
Doroteo Salaverrí	12 May 1862	Tafalla / Pamplona	Murder
Eugenio López Montero	1863	Madrid	Murder
Fermín Sierra	1863	La Coruña	Murder
Vicenta Sobrino (30) (f)	31 January 1867	Madrid	Murder of her employer
Vicente Moro González Sebastián Fernández Gómez Florentino Gómez Vega	1 February 1867	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Luciano Iniesta	9 July 1867	Madrid	Murder
Santiago Moreno Andrés (20) Gabriel Pérez Aguado (21)	23 October 1867	Madrid	Murder and robbery
Felipe Pardo	30 June 1868	Málaga	Murder
1 person	1869	Burgos
1 person	1869	Sevilla
3 unnamed people	1869	Valladolid
1 person	1870	Albacete
1 person	1870	Granada
1 person	1870	Zaragoza
3 unnamed people	1870	Burgos
4 unnamed people	1870	Valladolid
José Terol	1871	Mallorca	Murder and arson
Juan del Aguila Quesada	1871	Granada	Murder and robbery
Santos Sahagún Prieto Benito Sahagún Miguel (20)	1871	Valladolid	Murder and robbery
Simeón Peralta José Piquer Bernardino de Gracia Vicente Emperador	1871	Zaragoza	Murder and robbery
Jaime Sabaté y Bargalló	October 1871	Tarragona	Murder
1 person	1873	Madrid
1 person	1873	Pamplona
1 person	1873	Zaragoza
1 person	1874	Albacete
1 person	1874	Barcelona
1 person	1874	Granada
1 person	1874	Las Palmas
1 person	1874	Madrid
4 unnamed people	1874	Valencia
3 persons	1874	Valladolid
1 person	1874	Zaragoza
5 unnamed people	1875	Madrid
2 men and 1 woman	1875	Barcelona
2 unnamed people	1875	Albacete
1 person	1875	Burgos
1 person	1875	Cáceres
1 person	1875	Granada
1 person	1875	Valencia
1 person	1875	Zaragoza
3 unnamed people	1875	Unknown
22 unnamed people 28 unnamed people Including three women: Mariana García and Javiera Fernández 12 unnamed people including two women 6 unnamed people 5 unnamed people 4 unnamed people 4 unnamed people 2 unnamed people 2 unnamed people 2 unnamed people 1 person 1 person	1876 1877 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77 1876-77	Unknown Unknown Madrid Granada Burgos Cáceres Albacete Zaragoza Sevilla Valencia Valladolid Barcelona Las Palmas
17 unnamed people 9 unnamed people including two women	1878	Valladolid
Pedro Moure	3 January 1879	La Cañiza / Pontevedra
Juan Oliva y Moncosi	4 January 1879	Madrid	Attempted regicide
Sebastián Rodríguez Paniagua Aniceto Martínez Hoyos Antonio Martín Sanchez	14 January 1879	Béjar / Salamanca	Murder
? Saborido	14 January 1879	Zahara / Cádiz	Murder
Antonio Alvarez Domínguez (senior) Aquilino Domínguez José Dominguez Sinforiano	1879	Logrosán / Cáceres	Murder of the family of Fulgencio Díaz in Berzocana
Unnamed man	13 April 1880	Valencia	Murder
Francisco Otero González (20)	14 April 1880	Madrid	Attempted regicide
? Ramírez	15 April 1880	Zaragoza	Murder
Juan Díaz de Garrayo	1880	Vitoria ?	Murder of six women
José Aldomar Pérez	April 1884	Tarragona	Murder of four women
Francisco Guzmán	1887	Orense	Parricide
Two men and one woman (unnamed)	1887	Madrid	Murder of her husband
Three men	February 1890	Salamanca	Murder and robbery
? Megías	26 March 1890	Enguera / Valencia	Murder
? Logilde	29 March 1890	Mondoñedo / Lugo	Murder
Diego García Sánchez	3 June 1890	Granada	Murder
Higinia Balaguer (f) (28)	19 July 1890	Madrid	Convicted of a robbery/murder. (Last public female execution)
Pablo Gil y Gil (29)	27 October 1890	Reinosa / Santander	Murder and robbery
José Cintabelde (26)	November 1890	Córdoba	Murder of five persons
Mieguel Medina "Carretero" (80)	November 1890	Granada	Murder
Andrés Monreal	30 December 1890	Barcelona	Murder
Isidro Mompart	16 January 1892	Barcelona	Murder
Manuel Fernández Reinosa Manuel Silva Leal Antonio Zarzuela Granja José Fernández Lamela	10 February 1892	Jerez de la Frontera	Murder of the "Black Hand"
Basilio Viejo-Bueno Martínez	22 February 1892	Priego / Córdoba	Murder
Domingo Bezares	10 April 1892	Miranda de Ebro	Murder
Tomasa Blázquez (f)	11 April 1892	Piedrahíta / Avila	Murder
Lorenzo Alvarez	27 April 1892	Madrid	Murder
Sotero San Anselmo	7 May 1892	Zaragoza	Murder
Eustasio Sánchez	28 May 1892	Tarancón / Cuenca	Murder
Manuel Archs José Bernat Mariano Cerezuelo José Codina Jaime Sogas Another anarchist	21 May 1894	Barcelona	Assassination (shot)
Juana Petra García  (f) Demetrio José García	1894	Madrid	Murder of her father
Hernández Peña	Early May 1896	Algeciras	Murder
Mariano Royo Cases (32)	4 July 1896	Vendrell / Taragona	Murder of Teresa Abrogues
Román Martín	26 August 1896	Valladolid	Murder (shot)
Unnamed man	1 September 1896	Logroño	Murder
Antonio Casillas Matías Juste	9 October 1896	Alcalá de Henares	Murder of Vicálvaro
Josefa Gómez (f)	29 October 1896	Murcia	Murder of two persons
Baldomero Ibánez	30 December 1896	Bilbao	Murder of his wife
Luis Medrano	Mid January 1897	Navarra	Murder
? Hervás	11 February 1897	Cáceres	Murder
Angel Martínez	Mid February 1897	Vitoria	Murder
Gregorio Tomás Justo (26)	18 February 1897	Egea / Zaragoza	Murder
Various prisoners	Early April 1897	La Bañeza / León	Murder
M. Serrano Arévalo	29 April 1897	Jaén	Murder
Tomás Ascheri Antonio Nogués ? Alsina José Mulas Luis Más	4 May 1897	Barcelona	Atentado
Silvestre Lluis	15 June 1897	Barcelona	Murder (first non public)
Buonaventura Castillo Gil Tiburcio Castillo Gil (brothers)	15 June 1897	La Guardia / Logroño	Murder and rape of Josefa Martínez
Michael Angiolillo	20 August 1897	Vergara	Murder
Isidro Márquez García	29 November 1897	Cáceres	Murder
Two unnamed men	9 December 1897	Alba de Tormes	Murder
Three unnamed men "Los Mellizos"	Mid March 1898	Gaucín / Malaga	Murder of a pastor
Angel Herance (24)	26 April 1898	Almadén	Murder of his aunt
Francisco Pérez Gallego	31 May 1898	Cádiz	Murder of a German banker
Juan Rodríguez "Chinto" Esteban Barrios "Dientes" Luis Barrero "Cachorro"	27 August 1898 1 October 1898	Guadix	Murder of Eulogio Brasas and Agustina del Pozo
Baldomero Jiménez Barrios	26 October 1898	Agreda / Soria	Murder
Domingo Amorós Anguera	15 December 1898	Reus	Murder of his mother
Tomás Bórbolas	28 January 1899	La Carolina / Jaén	Murder and robbery
Mariano Ara Lorenz Ara (brothers)	8 February 1899	Zaragoza	Murder of Elías Martínez
José González Correa	28 February 1899	Alhama / Granada	Murder and robbery
Pedro Manso	12 March 1899	Vitigudino / Salam.	Murder and robbery
Rafael Gancedo	27 June 1899	Tineo / Asturia	Murder
Miguel Broch Sancho	11 July 1899	Castellón	Murder and robbery
Francisco Pérez González	12 August 1899	Pozoblanco / Córd.	Murder of two and robbery
Cristóbal San José Expósito	5 September 1899	Jerez	Murder
Francisco Miranda Aguilera (28)	5 September 1899	Córdoba	Murder of his neighbour
Gregorio Viejo	5 September 1899	Brihuega / Guadal.	Murder
Miguel Oliván Primicia	10th? Sept. 1899	Sos / Zaragoza	Parricide
Pedro García	24 November 1899	Villabánez / Vallad.	Murder of his son
Lucio Alvarez "el Travas" Catalina Muñoz  (f)	15th? Dec. 1899	Cervera / Logroño	murder
Miguel Broch	9 April 1900	Castellón	Murder
Juliana Martín (f)	Autumn 1900	Salamanca	Murder
Unnamed man	Autumn 1900	Teruel	Murder of Espallangas
Francisco Santamaría Ruiz	1900	Logroño	Murder of María Matute
Juan Carpintero Juan Hormigo	1900	Sevilla	Murder of María Mañana
Domingo Elorza	1900	San Sebastián	Murder of José María Ojeda
Antonio Vicente Aguilar Pedro Sardá	1900	Gandesa / Tarragona	Murder
Manuel Coco	1900	Valladolid	Murder of Dr. Alejos
Vicente Cuesta López	1900	Balazote / Albacete	Murder and robbery of two
Justo Sánchez Casanova	1900	Alcalá de Henares	Murder
Javiera Fernández Mariana García (f)	1901	Madrid	Murder of their employer
Unnamed man	1901	Madrid	Murder of his employer
Florencio Rosich	7 July 1901	Barcelona	Murder
Cándido García Julián Anguita	8 July 1901	Granada	Murder
Demetrio Fernández Incógnito Luis Castellón López	1902?
Cayetano Vicente Martín Pablo Aznar Espés	1903?
García de Paredes (30) Ramón Martín Castejón (60)	5 April 1905	Badajoz	Murder of Catalina Barragán and her daughter Inés Calderón
? Cirujeda ? Aznar	4 May 1905	Bilbao	Murder and robbery
Juan Manuel Aldije (50) José Muñoz Lopera	31 October 1906	Sevilla	Murder of five men
José Díaz Rivero (shot)	1906	Ceuta	Murder of Crescencia Mula
Juan Rull Queraltó	8 August 1908	Barcelona	Atentados
Unnamed married couple	27 August 1908	Valladolid	Murder of man's daughter (7)
Antonio Zafra Muñoz José Zafra Muñoz José Cortés Jiménez (Three gypsy brothers, sentenced by Military tribunal)	19 December 1908	Córdoba	Murder of two policemen
"el Cojo de Bailén" "el Conejero"	21 December 1908	Sevilla	Murder of a prison guard
"el Herrero"	2 February 1909	Sevilla	Murder of a prison guard
13 unnamed people including 3 women:		4 in Cáceres 3 in Málaga 2 in Cuenca 1 in Guadalajara 1 in La Coruña 1 in Navarra 1 in Soria
Ramón Clemente García José Miguel Baró Antonio Malet Eugenio del Hoyo	Before 13 October. 1910?	Barcelona	(shot)
Francisco Ferrer Guardia	13 October 1910?	Barcelona	(shot)
Antonio Sánchez Moya	9 August 1911	Barcelona	Rebellion (shot)
2 unnamed people	1911	Lugo
1 person	1911	Castellón
2 unnamed people	1912	Burgos
1 person	1912	Málaga
Esteban Delguno	18 March 1912	Vitoria	(shot)
1 person	1913	Burgos
1 person	1913	Almería
Captain Manuel Sánchez López	1913	Madrid	(shot)
Antonio Ramírez Muñoz	30 September 1915	Porcuna / Jaén
No executions in 1916, 1917, 1918
Daniel Ayala Pascual	April 1919	Huelva
Nicolás Godoy Beltrán (24) Antonio Peña Expósito (23) Francisco Oliva Cerrada Pascual Galvé Lascasas Valeriano Aznar Paulino Eubego José Pegrín Minguijón	Early 1920	Zaragoza	(shot)
Vicente Sánchez "Barberet" Rafael Climent "el Chato"	30 June 1920	Barcelona	(shot)
No executions in 1921
1 person	1922	Alicante
1 person	1922	Ciudad Real
Jesús Salete "el Nano" Jesús Pascual Aguirre	23 September 1923	Tarrasa	Murder and robbery
Angiolillo	1924	Unknown
Francisco Piqueras Honorio Sánchez Molina José María Sánchez Navarrete	9 May1924	Córdoba	Murder of two guards and robbery of "Expreso"
José Llácer Beltrán Juan Montejo Arranz	10 November 1924	Barcelona	Murder of police-officer Bruno López
Enrique Gil Galar Julián Santillán Rodríguez	2 December 1924	Pamplona	Murder of Vera del Bidasoa
"el Canena"	2 December 1924	Jaén	Murder
15 executions in 1924, in Madrid, Barcelona, Navarra, Ciudad Real, Jaén, Lérida, Tarragona & Seville
Atanasio Molins Anselmo Bernal Miguel Nuez	26 November 1927	Zaragoza	Murder of Valentín Losilla and robbery of a factory
Unnamed man (45)	1927	Valladolid	Murder
1 person	1928	Barcelona
1 person	1928	Cárceres
"el Retratista"	1929	Guadalajara	Multiple murder
Andrés Aranda (25)	21 December 1934	Barcelona
Manuel Vasco Vargas	22 October 1935	Granada

At least 96 people, including five women, were garrotted between 1900 and 1935.

Post civil war executions.

Name (age where known) (f) = female	Date	Place	Crime details where known
? Campanal	Spring 1940	Gijón	Unknown
Ignacio Unzurrunzaga Teodoro Andrés Cudillo Esteban Gutierres Urculo	31 August 1940	Bilbao	Murder and robbery of Francisco Herrero Galán
Juan Cuarto Joaquín Escoda Ramón Lázaro	August 1941	Tarragona	Murder
Francisco Ruiz Campanario "Mata Hari" José Cornelio Espina "la Burra" Unnamed young man	?/?/1941	Seville	Murder and robbery of their friend Lorenzo Martín García
Two unnamed men	April 1942	Ciudad Real	Murder and robbery of a pastor
Joaquim Pallarès Tomàs, Bernabé Arguelles De Paz, Francisco Álvarez Rodríguez, Ferran Ruíz Fernández, Francisco Atares Agustí, Josep Serra López, Benet Saute Martí, Juan Aguilà Mompart and Pere Tresols Meix	29 March 1943	Barcelona	Convicted of acts of terrorism
José Garcia Navarro Chato, Vicenç Martínez Fuster Llorenç and Joan Pelford Tomasa Pera	31 March 1943	Barcelona	Convicted of acts of terrorism
Two unnamed men	May 1943	Valladolid	Convicted of the murder and robbery of an elderly woman
Luis Bardol Casian Hilario Martínez Alarcon	5 June 1943	Barcelona	Convicted of murder and robbery (shot)
Crescencio Delgado Cañas	20 June 1943	Cuenca	Unknown
Anton Martínez Martínez	16 November 1944	Murcia	Convicted of murder and robbery
Two unnamed men	summer 1945	Pontevedra	Convicted of murder and robbery of a member of the police
Júlian Boix Corachán	16 February 1946	Prensa	Unknown
Cristino García José Vitini Flores	1945/46	Madrid	Unknown
Luis Blanco Diego Valero	1945/46	Pontevedra	Unknown
Manuel Alvarez Julio Nieto Ramón Vivero	1945/46	Lugo	Unknown
Three unnamed men	16 April 1947	Valencia	Convicted of acts of terrorism (shot)
Segundo Vilavoy	January 1948	El Ferrol	Unknown
Abel Sáez Alonso (21) Angel José Llera Tielve (42)	17 February 1948	Burgos	Convicted of the murder of Simón Morquecho Olive
Martín Gisbert Martínez José Soler Fernández	25 February 1948	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder of six persons who they shot and robbed. 3 at the station of Sarriá on 15 May 1947, and 3 in the quarter of Sans on 29 October 1947.
Esteban Guardiola Juan Guardiola	4 March 1948	Tarragona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Pedro Andrés Riesgo, his wife María de la Encarnación Fernández Suárez and their daughters María Encarnación, María Soledad and Victoria on 3 February 1946
José Gómez Gayoso Antonio Seoane	6 November 1948	Coruna	(probably shot)
José Cadaviz Pazos	December 1948	Orense	Convicted of the murder of his aunt Luisa Pazos Rodríguez
Angel Carrero Sancho Joaquín Puig Vigmunt Pedro Valverde Fuentes Numen Mestres Ferrando	17 February 1949	Barcelona	Convicted of several acts of terrorism (bombings) in late 1946 and early 1947
María Domínguez Martínez (23) (f)	23 May 1949	Huelva	Convicted of poisoning her employer.
Antonio Riera Tur	25 June 1949	Ibiza	Convicted of the murder and robbery of his friend and neighbour
Domingo Belmonte López	July 1949	Málaga	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Don Manuel Amigueti Pizar on 5 May 1946
Juan Puntí Bigas	November 1949	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Domingo Azpitarte Camarasa
Luis Paciano Orive Alava	5 December 1949	-	Convicted of parricide, murder, and abortion
Manuel Sabater Llopart	24 February 1950	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder of a British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Peck
Gitano Rodríguez	24 July 1950	Badajoz	Convicted of triple murder
Antonio Boix Vizcaíno (Vizcarro)	23 November 1950	Castellón	Convicted of the murder of José Mundo Pitarch on 8 March 1948
Nicanor Fernández Alvarez (28) Luis González Melendi (29)	11 December 1950		Convicted of several murders and armed robbery
Benigno García Andrade	1951	Corunna	unknown
Pedro Tudurí Vidal (40)	1951	Majorca	Convicted of the murder of Bernardo Ramis Bisellasch, of Marcial Jiménez Muñoz and of Valentina Armijo Castillo
Félix Pérez Vázquez	7 June 1951	Valencia	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Don José Navarro Baró and Don Alberto Gil Blanco in the village of Chirivella on 28 July 1945
Manuel Rodríguez González	6 September 1951	Orense	Convicted of armed robbery, arson and attacks.
Luis Barnet Francés	1952/53	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of an old woman in Arenys de Mar
Pedro Aldover Font José Pérez Pedrero Santiago Amir Ugrañas Ginés Urrea Pena Jorge Pons Artiles	15 February 1952	Barcelona	Convicted of banditry
Ramón Oliva Marquez (22)	17 March 1952	Madrid	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Doña Juana Arribas García in her home in Madrid on 11 January 1950.
Vicente Ortega Miguel (26) Marcial Martínez Barron (23)	14 June 1952	Madrid	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Doña Amalia Esteban Cebrial in her home in Madrid, on 21 December 1949.
Florentino Lluva Macho	18 June 1952	Guadalajara	Convicted of the murder of his brother Antonio and his sisters Inocencia and Emiliana for reasons of inheritance
Unnamed man	1953	Oviedo
José Muñoz Lozano	26 January 1953	Granada	Convicted of banditry and armed robbery
Hilario José Martínez Aranda Dionisio Habas Rodríguez Miguel García Vázquez	31 January 1953	Seville	Convicted of murder, armed robbery and banditry
Félix Ricardo García Arellano Manuel Doroteo Durán Gordillo	23 March 1953	Seville	Convicted of murder, armed robbery and banditry
Fortunato Gras Tejedor (40)	9 April 1953	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Doña Mercedes Julve Albanell in her home in Barcelona, on 2 December 1947
Blas Fúster Carreté His two accomplices had their death sentences commuted	10 April 1953	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Don Antonio Laporte Verdeguer in his home on 28 December 1949.
Juan José Trespalacios	13 June 1953	Vitoria	Convicted of the murder of Marcelino Menoyo Ugarte, Fe Clotilde Menoyo Ugarte and Lázaro Menoyo Ugarte
Esteban Serra Majó	2 December 1953	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of his neighbour Juan Planell Mola
Benito Pascual Lecha	23 December 1953	Lérida	Convicted of the murder of Francisco Berenguer Marco
Unnamed man (32)	1954	Alicante	Convicted of murder and robbery
Tomás Vigara Navarrete Joaquín Rodríguez Martínez	6 February 1954	Madrid (Shot)	Convicted of the murder and robbery of a woman
Teresa Gómez Rubio  (f)	16 February 1954	Valencia	Convicted of the three murders committed with poison of Isabel Leonarte, of Pilar Chacón and of Teresa Domenech Hurtado in 1940/41
Enrique Sánchez Roldán (28)	30 March 1954	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder of a member of the Civil Guard and a taxi-driver.
Joaquín Alvarez Rodríguez (40)	4 February 1955	Soria	Convicted of the murder of Daniel Vivas Montoliú on 27 January 1953 to be able to exploit a waterfall on his premises.
Carlos Soto Gutiérrez (23)	19 January 1955	Castellón de la Plana	Convicted of the murder and rape of thirteen-year-old Purificación Tejero Jimeno in the village of Rivarroya in March 1953.
José Antonio Vilató López (26)	10 February 1955	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Leoncia Sauquell Ramírez and Guillermo Villanueva Pastor in Masnou on 6 March 1951.
Pedro Morejón Fernández (24)	14 February 1955	Valladolid	Convicted of the murder and robbery of his neighbour on 5 December 1952.
Esteban Guillén González	23 March 1955	Valencia	Convicted of the murder of Encarnción Baldovi Muntañana (65) in 1951.
Antonio Hernández Jiménez	June 1955	Granada	Convicted of the murder of three of his relatives for reasons of inheritance.
Jesús Silva Partido	18 June 1955	Badajoz	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Carmelilla "The Boozer" along with two accomplices who were sentenced to imprisonment.
Unnamed man	1956	Orense	Convicted of banditry.
José Ramón de las Casas Redondo	10 February 1956	Santander (Shot)	Convicted of the murder and robbery of a watchman on 30 January 1956 in Santander
José Oms Huguet	28 February 1956	Lérida	Convicted of the murder of his father-in-law for reasons of inheritance
Juan Vázquez Pérez Antonio Pérez Gómez Lorenzo Castro Moreno	4 April 1956	Seville	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Doña Encarnación and Doña Matilde Silva Montero, two sisters owning a tobacconist's in Seville, on 11 July 1953
Valentín Bravo Belinchón (31)	31 July 1956	(Shot)	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Don Jeremías Nuño Provencio on 23 December 1954
José María Celaya Pardo Cirilo Javier Celaya Pardo	23 July 1957	Pamplona	Convicted of the murder of their parents and a brother in Miranda de Arga.
Julio López Guixot His accomplice had his death sentence commuted.	22 July 1958	Alicante	Convicted of the murder of “the Quinielas” in Vistahermosa de la Cruz.
Antonio Campos Tejón His wife and accomplice, had her death sentence commuted.	27 December 1958	Madrid	Convicted of the murder of Don Antonio García Otero.
Manuel Delgado Muñoz (25)	3 January 1959	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder and robbery of Manuel Pérez Martinez in his home in the village of Villdecaballs on 14 July 1954
Pilar Prada Expósito (Santamaría) (28) (last female execution)	19 May 1959	Valencia	Convicted of the poison murder of her employer, Doña Adela Pascual Camps on 18 May 1955
José María Manuel Pablo de la Cruz Jarabo y Pérez Morris (36)	4 July 1959	Madrid	Convicted of four murders and robbery of: Félix López Robledo and of Emilio Fernández Díez, his wife María de los Desamparados Alonso Bravo and servant Paulina Ramos Serrano
Joaquín Ambrosio Martínez Puerto (25)	14 July 1959	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder of señor Rosell Carol in January 1955
Juan García Suárez	19 October 1959	Las Palmas	Convicted of the murder of a butcher in Telde several years earlier.
Francisco Abril Spínola	31 October 1959	Seville	Unknown
Santiago Viñuelas Mañero (40)	mid-November 1959	Palencia	Convicted of murder and rape
Rafael Romero Peña (33) Rafael Pino Cordón (30)	20 February 1960	Seville	Convicted of the murder of a member of the Guardia Civil on 3 November 1959
Antonio Abad Donoso (24)	8 March 1960	Madrid	Convicted of acts of Terrorism, committed in Madrid on 17 and 18 February 1959
Julian Grimau	20 April 1963 Tried by military tribunal	Madrid (shot)	Convicted of war crimes
Francisco Granados Gata Joaquím Delgado Martínez	17 August 1963 Tried by military tribunal	Madrid	Convicted of two bomb attacks on 29 July 1963, causing injuries to some 20 people
Antonio Rafael Gil Guirado (30)	28 May 1966	Valencia	Convicted of murder and robbery
Jesús García Romero (23)	3 December 1966 Tried by military tribunal	Madrid	Convicted of the murder of a member of the Civil Guard; his accomplices, his two brothers, had their death sentences commuted
Pedro Martínez Expósito (24)	8 January 1972	Valencia (shot)	Convicted of two murders and robbery
Heinz Chez (33)	2 March 1974	Tarragona	Convicted of the murder of Civil Guard member, Antonio Torralbo Moral, in Tarragona on 20 December 1972
Salvador Puig Antich (25) Last garrotting	2 March 1974 Tried by military tribunal	Barcelona	Convicted of the murder of Police Corporal Don Francisco Anguas Barragán on 25 September 1973
José Humberto Francisco Baena Alonso (24) Ramón García Sanz (27) José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Sollas (21)	27 September 1975 Tried by military tribunal	Madrid (shot)	Baena was convicted of the murder of policeman Lucio Rodríguez on 15 July 1975 García and Sánchez were convicted of the murder of policeman Antonio Posé Rodríguez on 16 August 1975
Juan Paredes Manotas (21)	27 September 1975 Tried by military tribunal	Barcelona (shot)	Convicted of the murder of policeman Don Ovidio Díaz López in an act of terrorism (bank-robbery) on 6 June 1975
Angel Otaegui Echevarría (33)	27 September 1975 Tried by military tribunal	Burgos (shot)	Convicted of the murder of Civil Guard member Don José Posadas Zurrón in Azpeitia on 3 April 1974

In the post civil war period, at least 126 people were executed.  It is thought that approximately 14 of these executions were carried out by a military firing squad and the remaining 112 by garrotting, including those of three women.

Spain’s last executioners were Antonio López Guerra, Bernardo Sánchez Bascuñana and José Monero Renomo.

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